Bracing member for liningless coat sleeves



Jan. 8, 1924. 1,480,426

R. TRISTANO BRACING MEMBER FOR LININGLESS COAT SLEEVES Filed Dec. 8, 1920 Patented Jan. 8, 1924.`

PATENT oFFlcE.

ROCK TRISTANO, O-F'CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

BBACING MEMBER FOR LININGLESS COAT SLEEVES.

Application filed December 8, 1920. Serial No. 429,244.

To all 'whom t may concern.:

Be it known that I, Roon TRISTANO, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bracing Menbers for Liningless Coat Sleeves, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a reinforcing member, which I call a sleeve-head, for a liningless coat-sleeve, and has for its object the provision of means insertable in the sleeve for reinforcing the upper 'part of said sleeve.

In coats manufactured for wear 'in tropical climates the sleeves are made without lining, and such sleeves are subject to wrinkling at their junction with the shoulder of the coat. It is m object to overcome such wrinkling, for whlch purpose I attach a reinforcing member or sleeve-head to the coat at the place where the sleeve and coat are attached together, and allow this reinforcing member to protrude into the upper portion of the sleeve as above, set forth, the abrupt change from the skeleton lined shoulder to the liningless sleeve is overcome. and the wrinkles ordinarily formed at the upper portion of the sleeve are substantially diminished.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

The invention consists in the combinations and arrangements of parts hereinafter de4 scribed and claimed.

The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, and in which,

Fig. 1, is 'a fragmentary front elevation of a coat with my re-inforcing member attached thereto and shownin section;

Fig. 2, is a perspective view of the re-inforcing member;

Fig. 3, is a pattern from. which the re-inforcing member is formed by folding it along the dotted lines;

Fig. 4, is a 'modified form of re-inforcing member which is continuous around the sleeve; and

Fig. 5, is an enlarged detail view partly in section, showing the connection of the reinforcing member with 'the shoulder of the coat.

The form of my invention illustrated in the drawing lcomprises. a coat 6 and a Sleeve 7 attached thereto. At the junction 8 of the coat and sleeve the reinforcing member or sleeve-head 9 is attached, as by sewing it to the connection of the coat and sleeve, that is,l

to the parts of cloth of the sleeve and of the shoulder of the coat which parts are stitched together and connected to the lining, as shown in Figs. l and 5, or to the skeleton lining 10, adjacent the junction of the sleeve with the coat, the member 9 thus extending into the interior of the sleeve and bearing beneath the upper portion thereof, thereby reinforcing the sleeve adj acent' the shoulder seam. This member 9 may be formed from an oblong or substantially oval-shaped pattern, as shown in Fig. 3, which is folded along the longitudinal middle line, the edge l1 being fastened to the junction of the sleeve and shoulder or body portion of the coat and the doubled or folded over part 12 being permitted to protrude into the sleeve.

In Fig. 4 a re-inforcing member or sleevehead 9 is shown which is continuous around the 'arm hole of the coat, the upper half being effective as the main' reinforcing portion and the lower half being in addition effective as a sweat band.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred form of construction for carryin my invention into eect, this iscapable o variation and modification without departing from the spirit of the invention.

therefore, do not wish to be limited to the precise details of construction set forth, but desire to avail myself of such variations and modications as come within the scope of theappended claims.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A reinforcing member for a liningless t sleeve of a tropical coat, formed of an oblong piece of material folded and, fastened to the coat at the connected upper part of the sleeve and the shoulder of the coat, and protruding into the sleeve to engage beneath the upper .piece of cloth, folded ovel`- `and stitched with vname to this specification in the presence of its joined edges to the connected material of two subscribing witnesses.- the sleeve andthe shoulder of the coat, and

having its folded part protruding into the m l ROCK TRISTANO. 5 sleeve engaging and movably bearing ybe- W Witnesses: neath the upper part thereof. CLARENCE E. THREEDY,

In testimony whereof -I have signed my JOSHUA R. H. Porre. 

